{"id":61465,"date":"2024-05-17T09:35:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T09:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=61465"},"modified":"2024-05-17T12:21:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:21:05","slug":"expert-warns-of-human-impact-on-national-endangered-species-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/17\/expert-warns-of-human-impact-on-national-endangered-species-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Expert warns of human impact on National Endangered Species Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today marks National Endangered Species Day and an expert has warned of the impact humans have on endangered species across both South Yorkshire and the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comes after the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust stated that Yorkshire\u2019s wildlife is in crisis and if nothing is done then we could see critical and much-loved creatures disappear completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Oram, secretary of the Orchard Network at the People’s Trust for Endangered Species said: \u201cWhen you really boil it down, there are too many of only one species, humans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are too many for any ecosystem to support. The only way we will ever solve this is to find planet B, C and D, and fundamentally change the way our economy works.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a positive development, back in January at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Najuma, a seven-year-old Black Rhino, gave birth to a healthy baby boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black rhinos are critically endangered and are being kept as part of an international breeding programme attempting to revive the species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as this, the park in Doncaster is also home to Amur Leopards of which there are estimated to be only 120 left in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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